ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoPlease Don’t Make Me Download Another App | Our phones are being overrunwww.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square180fedilinkarrow-up1883arrow-down119file-text
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minus-squareContrarianTrail@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·3 months agoI’m the same way. The less apps there are on my phone, the better. Also, using the web app is the only way to block ads on certain sites such as Instagram or Twitter.
minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-23 months agothen there are companies like yelp who disable their mobile site and make their desktop site as shitty as possible on mobile to force you to the app.
minus-squareMrOtherGuy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoDoesn’t really sound like a company that I would want to do any business with then.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoHuh, is that why I haven’t used yelp in years?
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI wish for a browser addon to just block those app download requests when it smells them. The answer’s only gonna be no for all that, dawg.~ I only have the Starbucks app so my fancy Sunday coffee is done right and they don’t call me Corey Sangeetha or Coarse Kangaroo.
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I’m the same way. The less apps there are on my phone, the better. Also, using the web app is the only way to block ads on certain sites such as Instagram or Twitter.
then there are companies like yelp who disable their mobile site and make their desktop site as shitty as possible on mobile to force you to the app.
Doesn’t really sound like a company that I would want to do any business with then.
Huh, is that why I haven’t used yelp in years?
I wish for a browser addon to just block those app download requests when it smells them. The answer’s only gonna be no for all that, dawg.~
I only have the Starbucks app so my fancy Sunday coffee is done right and they don’t call me Corey Sangeetha or Coarse Kangaroo.